brancard

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brancard.

Noun

brancard (plural brancards)

1. (obsolete) A litter on which a person may be carried.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “brancard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brancard.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: bran‧card

Noun

brancard m (plural brancards, diminutive brancardje n)

1. gurney, stretcher

Synonyms

• draagbaar

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French

Etymology

From branc, masculine form of branche (“branch”), with noun suffix -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.kaʁ/

Noun

brancard m (plural brancards)

1. shaft (of wagon, cart etc.)
2. stretcher

Derived terms

• brancardage (noun)
• brancarder (verb)
• brancardier (noun)

Further reading

• “brancard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

References

• Brachet, An etymological dictionary of the French language